this, tame time to assess the seriousness of this virus as it moves forward. in the meantime, we have a job to do going beyond the current variant, which i hope is one of the last, but address what america needs to get back on its feet. we are focusing on helping working families. four years ago under the trump administration, there were tax cuttings for the wealthy. we're trying to cut the cost of living for working families across america. >> to do that, the build back better bill, you need all democrats to get this spending bill through and you know that, of course. every time senator joe manchin has been asked about the bill and the debate around it, he talks about inflation. yesterday he added the new variant in as a reason to pause, how he said it. let me play what he told reporters. >> inflation is now more than transitory, and on top of that you have this new strain of covid we're very much concerned about. no one know what is effect it is